Epilogue: After the Vacation

Thankfully, Renee was able to enjoy the rest of her vacation in peace. It almost made her forget all of the humiliation she had gone through over the past few months. Now it was a new year and school would start back up soon. Her stay at the ski resort had come to end and she was back in her room in bed. Suddenly there was a knock on her door. It was her mother, Selena Beaucorps. “Renee, can we talk?”

“Sure, what do you wanna talk about?” Renee responded.

“Well, I talking to a coworker who was at the resort the same time you were. She said she saw you skiing down the mountain naked and then streaking through the resort lobby. Is this true?”

Renee froze. Her parents haven’t been aware of her many embarrassing days since her surprise birthday party. They were never around when she came home in lacking attire or nothing at all. The only exception being when she was found hanging naked in the park by Officer Angel. Who thankfully decided to let her off with a warning and take her home. In the closest thing Renee had to luck that night, everyone was asleep. Allowing her to clean herself up and go to bed. It felt like a miracle that they hadn’t found out about the parade. As it had left the local news cycle by the time they returned from their business trip. But she was still worried about them finding out about the livestream. The last thing Renee expected was questions about something that happened far from home. She sputtered out a response. “I-it’s not what you think. I c-can expla-”

“No need,” Selina interrupted. “I get it. It’s your senior year and you want to be more daring. I did the the same thing during my senior year.”

To say Renee was shocked would be an understatement. The teen could only respond to the unwanted information about her mom with a measly “Wha…?”

“It’s true. They used to call me the Rambunctious Redhead. Simpler times. But we live in a digital age now and you can’t streak without videos going around. I could give you some advice on how to avoid that.”

The high school debate team finalist was completely speechless and her mother continued. “One time I was out streaking and I ran into your father-”

“STOP!” Renee shouted in an attempt to stop the madness. “I already know too much.” Renee stopped to take a breath. “I’m not trying to be more daring. This all started because I didn’t have a pencil…”